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ANNE AND EILEEN IN STRONG FORM

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Putaruru and Tokoroa players have been showing some strong form in recent tournaments. After winning the top non-open pair at Heat 3 of the WAP on Sunday Eileen and Anne topped that off by winning the Hamilton Ladies Day intermediate competition on Tuesday. Willy and Graeme from Tokoroa meanwhile finished the top Intermediate/Junior pairing at the WAP on Sunday. Many congratulations to them all and it is great to see such strong players at the tournaments with the defence of the clubs' regional interclub trophy in the not too distant future.

NEVER BEEN TO NZ NATIONAL CONGRESS?

Here is your chance ...
Waikato Bay are sponsoring THREE bridge players from the region to National Congress. This is the national bridge championship of NZ and takes place at the end of September/start October each year. It is hosted this year in Hamilton. There are conditions to qualify to go into the hat ... read about them on the attached flyer. If you take part in tournaments in the region quite regularly and have never been before you just need to register to be in for a chance to win!

SESSION PRIZE WINNERS

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Congratulations to Dexter and Rodney who had a stunning morning at the Cambridge Junior Tournament. With 59.28% they were top East West out of 14 tables. In the afternoon they brought in a 50% to finish 7th overall out of 28 pairs.

GRAEME AND WARREN ON FORM IN HAMILTON

Two very solid performances saw Graeme and Warren finish 7th out of 44 pairs in the Hamilton Restricted Tournament.
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57.42 in the morning followed by 55.24 in the afternoon saw them with only Grandmasters ahead of them in the final results. A stunning performance by these two Tokoroa players.

DEXTER AND WARREN IN A GAME OF TWO HALVES

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Warren and Dexter headed off to Te Puke for a Restricted Tournament on Saturday 5 March. A large and experienced field of 19 tables saw Warren and Dex struggling to find cohesion in the first session. However they clearly had something special in their lunch boxes because they rose from bottom to top of the NS field with a magnificent 62.33% in the afternoon! Congratulations to them both.

CONGRATULATIONS TO GRAEME AND WILLY

Flying the flag for Tokoroa at Heat 1 of the WAPS were the non-open pairing of Graeme Farrell and Willy Ryder.
Best non-open pair Heat 1 - Tokoroa's Graeme Farrell and Willy RyderBest non-open pair Heat 1 - Tokoroa's Graeme Farrell and Willy Ryder
In a tough field of open players Willy and Graeme scored a tremendous 61.83% in the first session. They followed that up with 50.46 in the afternoon to come 7th overall in a field of 40 pairs.

BE CAREFUL WHERE YOU PLAY BRIDGE!

Eileen spotted this story in the NZ Herald ...

http://nzh.tw/11584884

NEW YEAR'S HONOURS TO RODNEY AND ALLEN

Congratulations to two beginners from lessons in 2015. The Baden Wilson list which is published quarterly by NZB shows the top 10 male and female players by virtue of Masterpoints won in every rank. The cumulative Masterpoints earned during 2015 saw Rodney Vercoe from Putaruru Bridge Club joint first male in the Novice rank across New Zealand and Allen Cant from Tokoroa Bridge Club joint second male in the Novice rank across New Zealand. Many congratulations to both of them for their outstanding achievement in their first season of bridge.

BRUSH UP YOUR BASIC ACOL OVER THE HOLIDAYS!

10 beginners'lessons are now available on YouTube. Holidays are an ideal time to revisit your studies and repeat the theory from lessons on a laptop or mobile phone at the beach. Those newer to the game or wanting a refresher on basic ACOL click here for more details.

NGAIRE FISHER DAZZLES ON DEBUT!

Ngaire made her first appearance at the Cambridge Bridge Club. Donning a Santa hat and downing several Chardonnays a Game, Slam or Bust approach saw Ngaire in sparkling form.
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She left no-one in any doubt of her formidable abilities at the bridge table finishing top of the room out of 16 tables on 74.24%, over 11% clear of the nearest contenders. Next week she rises to the challenge of the theme nativity and may be donning a tea towel and crook as a shepherdess ... watch this space!